Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 03:31:34 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Cc: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/doc/psd/02.implement Makefile Message-ID: <20020522003134.GB3129@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20020521161325.G31528@chiark.greenend.org.uk> References: <20020520105506.A74325@shale.csir.co.za> <13483.1021886327@critter.freebsd.dk> <20020521114851.V12212@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020521161325.G31528@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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On 2002-05-21 16:13, Tony Finch wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 11:48:51AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > > > Agreed, the /usr/src/share/doc hierarchy seems to be an anachronism. > > They'd be better off (and more likely to be found) in /usr/doc. > > Um, /usr/share/doc is referred to in the motd and is also the path > used by other operating systems so moving it to /usr/doc would be a > mistake. And only the usd/psd/smm doc sets are really anachronistic -- > the handbook and FAQ also live there. The one who referenced /usr/doc was probably thinking of the SGML sources. That's where the canonical place for them is (although they build anywhere you check them out). The /usr/share/doc path is OK, in my opinion, since /usr/share has lots of useful stuff like examples/, and misc/ which the users would find ``nice to be easy to find in a common, shared place.'' Nothing wrong with keeping the tradition :) -- Giorgos Keramidas - http://www.FreeBSD.org keramida@FreeBSD.org - The Power to Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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